Raphoe notes
Raphoe
“100 Club” Weekly Private Members Draw
The draw continues every week at the centre; it could be you this time!!!
The Family Resource Centre would like to thank all those who have subscribed to the draw; your support is greatly appreciated. You could be one of the lucky winners next week! A few lines have become available for the draw so if you would like the opportunity to be in with a one-in-three chance of winning a weekly prize please contact us on 074-9145796/087-364150
Raphoe 5K
Arrangements are well advanced for the Raphoe 5k, which takes place in just over two weeks’ time on Tuesday 7th July with a 7.30pm start. Just less than 180 runners and walkers took part in last year’s race and as we are celebrating our 5th year of running the event with a reduced entry fee of €7 or £5 we are hoping for a much increased field of runners and walkers. Raphoe 5k is a Donegal County Athletics Board Grand Prix Race and is kindly sponsored by Coyle’s Centra, Raphoe. For telephone enquiries please telephone 087 3641503 (please note change of contact number). Pre-registration is available on raphoe5k@hotmail.co.uk
Little smiles with big dreams
Little Smiles with Big Dreams is a parent and toddler group that meets every Wednesday morning at 10:30am – 12 noon in the Family Resource Centre. Anyone who is in care of a child where it is an aunt / uncle/ child-minder or grandparent is welcome. The kiddies can get involved in Messy play, free play, story time and music time where the adult can enjoy a cuppa tea and meet other adults. Parent and Toddler are a great way to enhance your little one confidence and meet others their age.
A light lunch is provided and a small cost of 50 cent per family.
Raphoe Walking Group
The Walking Group meets every Thursday morning at 10.30am. All abilities are catered for. And an important element of the group is coming in afterwards to have a chat and a cuppa!
Young Carers Group
Are you a young carer? Do you help to take care for someone at home who has an illness, disability, substance misuse, mental health difficulty or bereavement? The Loft Youth Project hosts a Young Carers Group for 12-18 year olds on Saturday mornings at 16-18 Port Road, Letterkenny. For further information please contact 074 9129630 or 087 1255246.
Raphoe Boxing Club
The boxers and officials of the Raphoe Club would like to convey sincere thanks to Councillor Frank Mc Brearty for all the excellent work he is doing for the local club behind the scenes, it is greatly appreciated.
The new season will commence in mid-August when all new and former members will be very welcome to come along, with head coach Gary Mc Cullagh and his team on hand Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights from 6.30 – 9.30PM.
The Clubs annual major tournament will take place on Saturday 7th November in the Deele College Sports Pavilion. The Raphoe Club will have as their guests for a 5-day stay in Raphoe, one of England’s premier Boxing Clubs, Tenbury Wells from Ludlow, Shorpshire. A party of 15 boxers and 5 officials will travel to Raphoe. This is a return trip for our English counterparts as the Raphoe Club travelled to Tenbury for 4 days back in March of this year. More details of this major tournament will appear in the local press in the coming weeks.
St. Eunan’s National School 60 Year Celebrations
St Eunan's NS, Raphoe are celebrating their 60 year anniversary. We will be hosting the celebrations in September/ October 2015. This is a perfect opportunity to promote local history to our children in a fun and interesting way. We are looking for local people to help us organise the event and to pass on their expertise on the history of the school. If you are interested contact Anita Keeve at St Eunan's NS, on 074 91 45764. As part of this event the children are tracing past pupils all around the world and indeed Ireland. If you have a relative or friend who is a past pupil and who does not now live in Raphoe, it would be great if you could encourage them to send the students a postcard telling us about where they now live and their memories of St Eunan's NS.
Please note that items for the Raphoe Notes should be placed in the box provided in the Post Office on or before 12 noon on Fridays. Items can also be emailed to raphoefrc@eircom.net or handed in to the Family Resource Centre, William Street. Items should be submitted at least one week in advance of publication of local press.
Canon Dinny’s Golden Jubilee
A great night was had by all at the Celebration of Canon Dinnys Golden Jubilee. The Celebration began with Mass at St Eunan’s Church and afterwards for refreshments at Deele College where over 700 people attended. A big thank you to everyone who helped out in any way to make Canon Dinnys night so special, from donating food, donations for his presents, setting up the hall, flowers, the P.A. system, the cake, car parking stewards, hall ushers, food servers, musicians, photographer, videographer, our MC and all who helped clean up afterwards, A Big Thank You